Keyboarding+Teachers

=Keyboarding Info for Teachers=



**Skills:**
Mouse practice Keyboard Awareness Approx. letter location
 * Ctrl+Alt+Del
 * Enter Key
 * Shift Key
 * Backspace Key
 * Period
 * Question Mark

**Activities:**
[|Bees and Honey]
 * Mouse Practice**

[|Key Seeker] [|Keyboard Climber] [|Spider] [|Find the Letter]
 * Keyboard Awareness (2nd Semester):**

**Year End Goal:**
Students should be able to type their name and five sentences.

**Skill Emphasis:**
Keyboard Awareness
 * Hand and finger positions
 * Posture
 * Practical applications in Word
 * Begin web-based Keyboarding

**Activities:**
[|Cup Stack] [|Kids Learn 2 Type] [|Big Brown Bear Keyboarding Lessons]
 * Keyboard Awareness (entire year)**

Use space, shift and return
 * Word Processing (2nd Semester):**
 * Font Color
 * Font Style
 * Font Size

**Year End Goals:**
Students should be able to type their name and ten sentences.

**Skills Emphasis:**

 * Hand and finger position
 * Numbers
 * Special function Keys
 * Begin formal keyboarding program

**Activities:**
[|Keyboarding Lessons] [|Bubble Typing] [|Learn to Type Game] [|Dance Mat Typing]
 * 1st Semester**
 * Keyboarding practice**


 * Word Processing and formatting**
 * Shift/Cap Lock
 * Backspace
 * Delete
 * Arrow Keys
 * Cut, copy, paste
 * Save and retrieve documents
 * Creating folders

Introduce [|Typing Instructor Kids] The Old West (Home Row)
 * 2nd Semester**

**Year End Goal:**
Students should be able to type a story consisting of at least one paragraph.

**Skills Emphasis:**
Touch Typing Word Processing

**Activities:**
Optional: [|Keyboard Challenge]
 * Typing Instructor kids:**
 * The Old West
 * On the Water
 * In the Air
 * Over The Edge
 * Under the Sea
 * Story Land
 * Word processing**
 * Save/save
 * alignment
 * margins
 * spacing
 * Spell Check
 * Web based Keyboarding resources:**

**Year End Goal:**
Students should be able to type a story consisting of two or more paragraphs

**Skill Emphasis:**
Touch Typing Word Processing Online Composition

Activities
[|Text Type] [|Power Typing]
 * Typing Instructor kids:**
 * The Old West
 * On the Water
 * In the Air
 * Over The Edge
 * Under the Sea
 * Story Land
 * 2nd Semester**
 * Begin Online Composition**
 * Blogging
 * Glogster
 * Web based Keyboarding resources: **

Year End Goals:
Students should be compose and type a simple story online.

**Skills Emphasis:**
Touch Typing Word Processing Online Composition

Activities
[|Text Type] [|Power Typing]
 * Typing Instructor kids:**
 * The Old West
 * On the Water
 * In the Air
 * Over The Edge
 * Under the Sea
 * Story Land
 * Begin Online Composition**
 * Blogging
 * Web based Keyboarding resources: **

Year End Goal
Students should compose and type a multi-paragraph story online.